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The Chairman of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), Mr. Peter Major, invites the regional and stakeholder groups to hold consultations on which representatives they would like to be considered for the working group.

The Chairman of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), Mr. Peter Major, invites members of the CSTD to provide feedback on the establishment of a working group to develop recommendations on how to further implement enhanced cooperation as envisioned in the Tunis Agenda.

As current chair of the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS), UNCTAD has welcomed the adoption of the high-level outcome document by a General Assembly High-Level Meeting in New York on 15–16 December to review the implementation of outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in the context of the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

​At a High-Level meeting on the occasion of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland, UNCTAD took over the chair of the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS).

​The critical role of science, technology and innovation in transitioning from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals and progress in the implementation outcomes of the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society were discussed at the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development.